Combined Force Arrests Insurgents in Search for Taliban Leader

From an International Security Assistance Force Joint Command News
Release

KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 16, 2012 - A combined Afghan and coalition force in
Afghanistan's Helmand province arrested several suspected insurgents today
during a search for a Taliban leader who facilitates the transfer of weapons and
is involved in ambush attacks targeting Afghan and coalition forces, military
officials reported.

In other Afghanistan operations today:

-- A combined force in Nangarhar province arrested a Taliban weapons
facilitator believed to have organized and executed the transfer of weapons and
ammunition to Taliban fighters and to have planned assassinations. The security
force also detained two other suspected insurgents and seized assault-style
rifles.

In Ghazni province yesterday, a combined force killed Taliban leader Hafiz
Sadar and another insurgent. Also known as Sherin Agha, Hafiz Sadar was
responsible for directing roadside-bomb and direct-fire attacks against Afghan
and coalition forces, and he was directly accountable for the kidnapping of
Afghan officials.